Check out this week’s featured specimen! (Pictured below, really close up!)

Can you guess what it is?

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Photo: S. Sumrall

Here are a few hints:

•You can find them in North America, from Canada to Mexico, and in at least 40 US states.

•The average lifespan in the wild is about 10 years.

Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us in the Naturalist Center on Friday, February 25th at 2:15 PM for Specimen Spotlight in order to find out if you’re right.

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